how to delay sendmail start?
I would like to delay sendmail starting until AFTER my local daemons start. Is there a way to do this or is it built into the base system. Could I set SENDMAIL=NO in rc.conf and then write a script in local to start the sendmail daemon? The reason I have to do this is because I'm using a djbdns cache on the same machine that the machine uses to lookup dns records and since it's not running yet when sendmail starts, sendmail enters panic mode and does goofy stuff. Thanks for your help! Octavian Hornoiu p.s. please CC me in replies as I am not on list at the moment. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel compile options/info for 4.9/5.2.1
I have several questions for the gurus out there relating to compiling my own kernel. I have been making my own kernel since I first started using FreeBSD back in 4.5 but I want to get more in-depth with the process. My questions are: - What are ALL of the different make options/switches for the actual kernel build besides -j4 and specifying your kernel configuration name? Are there any tricks or useful switches? - How does one compile a 4.9 kernel without sound at all? I mean NO sound, I run servers and I don't want even the modules, can I turn compilation off on them so it compiles faster? How about USB and Firewire? - Is there a new process for compiling a kernel on 5.2.1 and how is this accomplished? I have not been able to find documentation on this topic and I've noticed some new directories and a makefile in the new conf folder. Can someone enlighten me? Please CC me on any replies as I am not currently on the list. Thanks! Octavian ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
big vinum problem
After a power loss last night i restarted my server with a 425 gig or so RAID-5 array and expected to go through a length fsck after which the system would come up. However, one of the vinum subdisks was down. So, i rebooted into single user mode, i restarted the home.p0.s3 subdisk and then i ran a manual fsck. What followed was a series of hard errors that said: ad7s1e: hard error reading fsbn 86482817 of 43241337-43241448 (ad7s1 bn 86482817; cn 5383 tn 78 sn 8) status=59 error=40 vinum: home.p0.s3 is crashed by force vinum: home.p0 is degraded fatal: home.p0.s3 read error, block 43241337 for 57344 bytes home.p0.s3 user buffer block 30268632 for 57344 bytes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames ad11s1e hard error etc then home.p0.s7 becomes corrupt and crashes by force and then i find myself staring at a screen that says: CANNOT READ: BLK 297103054 CONTINUE [yn] I have done this twice now and every time vinum successfully initializes the subdisk and the plex comes up and is in the up state but once i run fsck it crashes again. What exactly can i do to remedy this. If it's a bad disk i'll replace it but can't vinum work around bad blocks? My system is FreeBSD 4.9 RC from RELEASE branch with all the latest patches, i'm fully up to date. I have 8 subdisks in vinum home.p0.s0-s7 with a 55 GB partition on each drive used by vinum. All the drives are identical and all they contain is the vinum partitions. Please CC me in any emails you send as I am not on the list. Thanks for your help! octavian ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
distcc with ports
how does one go about using distcc with ports? what kind of make options do i need to include in my make.conf file, etc to allow all system compilation to be distributed? thanks! octavian p.s. please make sure to CC me in the email since i am not on the list ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
automatically using nice
is there a way to have the system automatically use nice on all command-line apps during a session? i don't want to keep typing it over and over every time i run a batch script or compilation. thanks! Octavian Hornoiu p.s. i'm not on the list so please cc me in the reply. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?
Victor Bondarenko wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:32:18PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote: [...] putting it on the KVM. I know some people have mentioned issues with that before, so I wanted to be ready and aware of any and all issues so I could nail them as they show up so I'm not ripping my hair out trying to solve issues relating to my KVM switch. Thanks! FWIW, I've had no serious issues with my KVM (some type of an older Cybex.) It does seem that some machines have a problem using the mouse in Xwindows (mouse is jerky and all over the screen.) I had to enable moused and use /dev/sysmouse (vs. using /dev/psm0 or whatever.) Other than that no problems whatsoever. HTH, Victor i have never been able to successfully keep the mouse working using freebsd and Belkin KVM's. The mouse works at first when you start up the mouse daemon but if you switch KVM consoles to another box and then switch back the mouse is all messed up and you have to manually restart the daemon every time. Other than that, if you are just doing server keyboard work then you will be fine. I have used 3 different Belking models so this seems to be a recurring issue with them, don't know if this happens with other brands. No problems with keyboard whatsoever. Cheers, octavian ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SYSVSHM Kernel options
I have been doing significant reading on the kernel options related to tuning PostgreSQL and I am wondering how to best go about increasing the paged memory available to FreeBSD. I have read the following suggestions: options SYSVSHM options SHMMAXPGS=4096 (place total shared mem here) options SHMSEG=256 options SYSVSEM options SEMMNI=256 options SEMMNS=512 options SEMMNU=256 options SEMMAP=256 AND /You might also want to use the sysctl setting to lock shared memory into RAM and prevent it from being paged out to swap, e.g. kern.ipc.shm_use_phys /My question is, should i go ahead and increase the SHMMAXPGS value to any amount of memory that i choose? what are the consequences of doing this on a freebsd system? What problems might be caused and will this degrade the rest of the system? What is the affect of locking shared memory into RAM using the sysctl utility? I have never tuned the system in this way before and I am wary of messing around. Thanks! octavian To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Multiple Gateways/Load Balancing?
What is the process to set up a FreeBSD server as a router to use two internet connections and dynamically assign workstations to the two internet connections depending on load so that neither of the connections get overly saturated at the expense of not using the other? Thanks! Octavian - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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I had the same problem... This is how to fix it. First, go back into ports and do a makde deinstall and then a make clean to get rid of your previous make configuration stuff. Then run make in the mod_php4 dir and go through the little configuration program for PHP module. Make sure that you do not check both imap and imap ssl since they are exclusive. Also, do not get the normal and ssl versions of any of the options given. Then, after you finish the make, do a make install and it will load. Octavian Hornoiu To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: php4 apache 2
Bah... Sorry, forgot to post topic on last message Here is what to do: I had the same problem... This is how to fix it. First, go back into ports and do a make deinstall and then a make clean to get rid of your previous make configuration stuff. Then run make in the mod_php4 dir and go through the little configuration program for PHP module. Make sure that you do not check both imap and imap ssl since they are exclusive. Also, do not get the normal and ssl versions of any of the options given. Then, after you finish the make, do a make install and it will load. Octavian Hornoiu To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Promise FastTrak TX200/SX4000
Are the TX2000 and SX4000 cards supported under FreeBSD 4.62 or do I have to wait for the 4.7 release to purchase them? Thanks for your answers ahead of time! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: I'm New, Help, regarding Installation
When you burn the ISO images to the CD it converts it from the ISO format to an actual CD where files and such are present on the CD. ISO is simply a standard for exchanging images of entire CDs with other people over the internet and such. Think of it as a giant zip file. You will need to have a program that supports ISO burning to burn the CDs but most programs will do that. An excellent program for burning ISO's on windows is Nero Burning ROM and there are many for Linux. At boot time set your computer to boot off of the CD-ROM in the BIOS and put your newly burned CD in the drive. It will then recognize it and boot off the CD you made. Keep in mind that some older CD-ROMs and BIOSEs do not support booting off CD-ROM. Generally with newer computers, this is not a problem. If you do run into this, you will need to create boot floppies. Please read the Handbook on this issue. Make sure to read the FreeBSD Handbook thoroughly on installation before starting to do anything as it will save you lots of headaches. An alternative is to get a book from Amazon. I recommend FreeBSD Unleashed as it is very friendly to those that are new to BSD. Good luck! Octavian Hornoiu -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mooney Potter Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I'm New, Help, regarding Installation To the Support Group, When I download the iso images for freebsd5, do I just burn them tot he CD? Like do I need something else to read the iso-images when I boot or does my computer? Do I just need the ISo images to install FREEbsd? -xachen _ http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Secure Web Email for Canadians To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Promise driver maintainer?
Who is the active maintainer or person who ported the Promise driver for the latest cards from the available Linux driver? Does anyone know his name and email? I would willingly email him myself with my RAID questions if only I knew a way to find developer contact info. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
